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Fantasy News: Fantasy Sharks, Rotowire win Experts Leagues
For going on 20 years now, we've been running a pair of Experts Leagues in our preseason magazine. Experts Draft and Experts Auction leagues. They were best-ball leagues before there were best-ball leagues. This year's champions are Fantasy Sharks' Tony Holm and Rotowire's Jerry Donabedian. more »
Fantasy Index Weekly: Experts League Tidbits
This is the week we hold our annual Experts Draft and Experts Auction, to get them into our annual preseason magazines. It's a time of late nights, steals and reaches involving industry professionals and contest winners. more »
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Mock Draft: Rotowire's Puig wins Experts Draft League
We crown the champions of our Experts Leagues (assembled for our preseason magazine) after Week 16, just like most fantasy leagues. Mario Puig of Rotowire was the winner in 2020, in a year when it actually paid off not to have a top-3 or 4 selection. Picking 5th, he settled for Alvin Kamara, and that worked out pretty well. more »
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Mock Draft: Rotowire leading Experts Draft league
Checking in on our annual Experts Leagues, it looks like the closest race in the 17-year history of the competition. Mario Puig of Rotowire is in the top spot, but three other teams -- The Huddle, Fantasy Sharks and Footballguys -- are within 5 games of him. Anybody's game, it seems. more »
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Ian Allan: Waiting on running backs
Can you zig when others zag? Most notably, can you resist the urge to join the mad scramble for running backs? The most recent Fanex Draft can serve as a case study. more »
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Andy Richardson: Experts Draft
I got into a 14-team experts league this week. In general I try to avoid taking on new leagues, but I'm a sucker for a slow draft like this one, and it's a way to pass the time and see how different people rank and evaluate players. I drew the 12th draft spot, which seems to be the story of my year. more »
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Andy Richardson: Experts Draft Recap
On Friday I participated in a 14-team experts draft for the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association (The FSGA). The draft was recorded and livestreamed on SiriusXM, which you can also find on YouTube. There were Experts Drafts every day last week, four traditional ones and a props bet one that Ian wrote about. Here's how mine went down. more »
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Mock Draft: LeagueSafe's Charchian Wins Experts Draft League
In an extremely close battle, Paul Charchian of LeagueSafe is the winner of our Experts Draft League. Charchian's overall balance -- and a couple of savvy and daring selections in the middle rounds -- made the difference. more »
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Mock Draft: Dodds, Footballguys leading Experts Draft League
The season isn't over, but things are looking good for David Dodds in the Experts Draft League. His Footballguys team selected Christian McCaffrey at No. 2 overall, and that's helped make him No. 1 through 10 weeks of our annual competition. more »
Mock Draft: Fantasy Sharks' Holm leads Experts League
In a year when many drafted running backs early Fantasy Sharks' Tony Holm zagged where others zigged. He selected Antonio Brown with his top pick, and A.J. Green and Brandin Cooks with two of his next three selections. That trio has helped him secure the first-half lead in our annual Experts Draft League. more »
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Andy Richardson: First 2018 experts draft
Represented Fantasy Index in my first experts draft of the season over the weekend. Those fantasy football preview magazines you see on the newsstands in July (including ours) have to go to print in early June, so May is the time for experts drafts. We're not allowed to discuss the entire thing, but we can talk about our own team. So here goes. more »
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Andy Richardson: Checking in with the Index Experts Leagues
In the preseason magazine, the Experts Draft and Auction Leagues are assembled in mid-May. Has to happen that way to meet the publishing deadlines. But these aren't mock drafts and auctions; we play the leagues out over the course of the season in no-transaction, best-ball formats. more »
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